unpurified
əˌfaɪ verb (used with object)
1.
to make pure; free from anything that debases, pollutes, adulterates, or contaminates: to purify metals.
2.
to free from foreign, extraneous, or objectionable elements: to purify a language.
3.
to free from guilt or evil.
4.
to clear or purge (usually followed by of or from ).
5.
to make clean for ceremonial or ritual use.
verb (used without object)
6.
to become pure.
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purify (ˈpjʊərɪˌfaɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb , -fies, -fying, -fied | |
| 1. | to free (something) of extraneous, contaminating, or debasing matter |
| 2. | (tr) to free (a person, etc) from sin or guilt |
| 3. | (tr) to make clean, as in a ritual, esp the churching of women after childbirth |
| [C14: from Old French purifier, from Late Latin pūrificāre to cleanse, from pūrus pure + facere to make] | |
| purifi'cation | |
| —n | |
| purificatory | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
purify
c.1300, "free from spiritual pollution," from O.Fr. purifier (12c.), from L. purificare "to make pure," from purus "pure" (see pure) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Meaning "free from extraneous matter" is recorded from c.1440.
Purification first attested c.1380; in ref. to Feast of the Purification of the Virgin Mary, from 1389.
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